The Race that Long in Darkness pined

The Christmas Carol 'The Race that Long in Darkness pined' originated as a Scottish Salter. The term salter originates from Protestant religious music being composed for the singing of the Psalms. The first printed version of the Scottish Salter can be traced back to 1615. The words were written by John Morrison (1746-1798) who was born in Aberdeen in Scotland on September 18th 1746. He graduated from King’s College, Aberdeen and studied , before several teaching jobs in Caithness. He then studied Greek at Edinburgh before becoming ordained in 1780.